It was launched with a wife’s $250 loan and grew into a global giant with a
market value of $30 billion and more than 145,000 employees. It was the
first Indian company to list on Nasdaq, the first to offer stock options to
its employees — and, in the high-tech hub of Bangalore, it even has its own
nickname, Infy.

But the poster child of India’s new economy is growing up. The outsourcing
companies of which Infosys was a trailblazer are becoming more like
traditional consulting firms, the likes of Accenture and CapGemini, building
long-term links with clients, helping them to